Fitting device for boots and shoes.



J. BORBL & P. GRANGE.

FITTING DEVICE FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.16, 1912.

Patented Sept. 30, 1913.

QQQQeeQese COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CD.,WASHINGTON. D c.

JOSEPH BOREL AND rneNcors GRANGE, orANNEcY, FRANCE.

FITTING nnvrcnron IBQQTS AND snons.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. so, 1913.

Application filed March 16, 1912. Serial No. 684,216.

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that we, JOSEPH Bonnr. andFnANgoIs GRANGE, citizens of the French Republic, both residing atAnnecy, Haute Savoie, France, have invented certain. new. and usefulImprovements in Fitting De vices for Boots and Shoes, of which the following is a Specification.

The apparatus according to this invention is intended to be used for thepurpose of indicating exactly the position to be occupied by buttons ona boot, in order to insure perfect fitting of the latter, whatever bethe shape and the size of the foot.

This apparatus can be used either for press buttons, for ordinarybuttons or for buttons with hooks and the like.

A. construction according to this invention is shown in the accompanyingdrawing in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fixed or stationaryapparatus, Fig. 2 a side elevation of a modified form, the upper part ofwhich has been made adjustable, Fig. 3 is a plan of a furthermodification with two foot plates, and'Fig. 4. is a detail view of oneof the stretchers intended to be used with this apparatus.

The apparatus comprises a plate 1 made of suitable material such as castiron, wood or sheet metal, carrying an iron frame orv bracket 2preferably of the shape shown in the drawing. This frame or bracket isprovided on its outer face with a series of studs 3. intended to behooked into the loop. or eye of the stretcher.

On the plate 1 are mounted one or two foot plates 4 on which the foot isplaced provided with the boot on which the position of the buttons is tobe determined.

When the upper part of the apparatus is movable, the bracket 2 and thefoot plates 4 are mounted on the bottom plate by means of a joint 5 onwhich the whole can be turned by a handle 6. Any inner or outer devicesuch as a pawl ratchet gear, etc, enabling the foot plates to be lockedin a given position, can be used.

The stretcher, Fig. l, comprises a rod of rubber or other elasticmaterial 7, forming a loop or eye 8 at one of its ends and provided atthe other end with a ball 9 for a press button riveted to a plate. Thesaid ball is of a shape suitable for the button used; it is either around ball, or a hook engaging with a button hole.

For the purpose of tracing, the plate of the ball carries either a hole10, or a pointer or a small pin arranged on its lower surface, at apoint suitable for the kind of button to be used. WVhena hole is usedthe end of. a pencil ora pin is introduced for vmarking the place of thebutton on the boot. "When a pointer is used, it is suliicient to presson the ball (pro-vided as already stated with a pin), in order to forcethe pointer slightly into the leather.

When buttons are used which are fixed 'or secured eccentrically, theapparatus will have its indication point or hole at 10, while whencentrally fixed buttons are used, an opening or hole must be arranged inthe center of the fastening button.

The apparatus in question is used in the following manner :The foot orfeet provided with the boots, being placed on the foot plates 4 of theapparatus the ball 9 of a stretcher is hooked either into each pressurebutton or into each buttonhole of the upper portion of the boot. Eachstretcher is successively hooked with its loop or eye 8 to that stud 3of the bracket 2, which appears to be the most suitable. When all thestretchers are in position, the place that will be occupied by thebutton is traced as already stated. It then remains merely to arrangethe buttons at the places indicated, and thus a boot fitting the shapeof the foot perfectly will'be obtained.

The rods of the stretchers can be of rubber or other elastic material,and can be replaced by a helical spring or the like.

What we claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis 1. In a fitting device for button boots and shoes, a foot plate, abracket supported in fixed relation to the foot plate and having aportion approximately concentric to the portion of the upper of the shoeto which the buttons are to be applied, and elastic tension devicesdetachably connected to the bracket and having their opposite endsadapted for detachable connection with the overlapping portion of theshoe upper, said opposite ends also having means whereby bracket, a footplate adjacent the bracket and connected to the base plate, and aplurality of elastic members each comprising an elastic rod, a loop atone end of the rod and adapted to engage one of the said studs, and aperforated connecting member at the the boot for the purpose set forth.

other end of the rod adapted to engage a button hole or recess in theboot for the purnames to this specification in the V 1 two subscribingwitnesses.

shoes, the combination of a base plate, a

pose set forth.

3. In a fitting device for button boots or pivoted bracket thereon,studs on each side of the bracket, two foot plates connected to r r thebracket, and a plurality of elastic members each comprising an elasticrod, a loop at one end of the rod and "adapted to engage one of the saidstuds, and a perforated con- 15 necting member at the other end of therod adapted to engage a button hole or recess in In testimony whereof,We havesigned our JOSEPH BOREL. 1 FRANQOIS GRANGE, Witnesses: p e

E. Sena-As, T, MARmoN.

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